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Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories

B-17 Crewmember in WWII: LtC. James Wirth

Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories

Robert Kirk

History

4.6675 Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Content Warning: Gore, Violence Lieutenant Colonel James Wirth served in the US Army Air Force during World War II. As a togglier, he flew on bombers and was tasked with arming and dropping bombs as well as manning a turret on board. In this interview, Wirth describes serving on a B-17 bomber, and the time his bomber was hit, injuring him and destroying one of their engines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1

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0:32.7

check out our other show, the Medal of Honor podcast.

0:35.9

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1:01.0

I'm Ken Harbaugh, host of Warriors in their own words. In partnership with the Honor Project, we've brought this podcast back at a time when our nation needs these stories more than ever. Warriors in their own words is our attempt to present an unvarnished, unsanitized truth of what we have asked of those who defend this nation.

1:09.0

Thank you for listening, and by doing so honoring those who have served.

1:14.7

Today, we'll hear from Lieutenant Colonel James Worth.

1:18.3

Worth served as a Tagalier and a B-17 bomber during World War II.

1:27.1

Well, of course, the 8th Air Force first got to England in 1942, very small, flew a few missions in France early on in 42.

1:41.3

Late 42, they finally went to Germany for a mission,

1:47.2

thought the possibility existed that when the force was finally assembled,

1:52.2

that they'd be able to bomb Germany in daylight

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